The impact of mammography quality improvement legislation in Michigan: implications for the National Mammography Quality Standards Act.
- 1 April 1998
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 88 (4), 667-671
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.88.4.667
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the impact of state legislation on mammography quality and access in Michigan. METHODS: The impact of state legislation was analyzed with respect to utilization, numbers of machines and facilities, and image quality. RESULTS: The legislation had a positive effect on image quality improvement, had no impact on utilization by women aged 50 years and above, and resulted in few facility closures. CONCLUSIONS: Michigan's legislative intervention appears to have had a positive effect on efforts to improve mammography quality assurance with implications for other federal and state efforts to achieve quality assurance in health care delivery.Keywords
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